DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Donald Trump plans to extend his golfing empire to the Middle
East, opening a course in the desert outskirts of Dubai in the latest sign that the emirate's
crisis-hit property market is recovering.

The Trump International Golf Club will be the centerpiece of a 28 million-foot project being
developed by DAMAC Properties that includes a luxury residential community, hotels, spa and
international schools. It is being developed on land purchased from Dubailand, a much-hyped project
that included a $1 billion Tiger Woods golfing estate. The Woods projected was shelved because of
the economic downturn.

The Trump Organization has 14 award-winning courses under its ownership and management across
the world, but this will be its first venture into Asia. The organization did not say who will
design the par-71, 7,205-yard, course.